by Lori Lansens · Little Brown & Co · tapa dura · ISBN 9780316069038
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«The Girls» is the literary novel by Lori Lansens, published by Little, Brown and Company in hardback (352 pages, in English).
Rose and Ruby are craniopagus conjoined twins. Nearing thirty, Rose decides to write her autobiography, which becomes the story of their shared life: childhood in Leaford, their adoption by the nurse who received them at birth and her husband, and the everyday friendships and achievements with which they build an extraordinary existence.
The novel was originally published in 2005 in Canada; this edition appeared in 2006. It was nominated for the Orange Prize (2007) and the OLA Evergreen Award (2006).
Recommended for book clubs and for readers of contemporary fiction interested in stories about family bonds.
Lori Lansens is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter.
